Dave LewisD2.1 - Architectural Approaches ReportDave.Lewis@cs.tcd.ie
This document reviews from a WP2 perspective the whitepapers produced in the M-Zones programme at the end of July 2003 and forms part of the programme's research quality assurance process.
The overall goal of the quality assessment process conducted collectively by WP2, 3 and 4 is to provide a mechanism for incrementally improving the quality of the research work conducted in M-Zones. This is performed by guiding the development of a set of research whitepapers towards completion for each co-released WP2, WP3 and WP4 deliverable, of which there are two a year starting from July 2003. This guidance complements that of individual supervisors of researchers, but also through collective peer review of papers, which aims to assess and improve the quality of the resulting research. Specific aims of this process are:
WP2 is primarily concerned with ensuring that all research work has a clear statement of it assumptions and context, thus providing a high level architectural view of the research from a number of viewpoints, which are described in section 2. Section 3 details the specific assessment criteria used for WP2. Section 4 presents the overall results and observations from the assessment of the whitepaper submitted with this deliverable. Finally, section 5 presents a current synthesis of the work in the whitepapers on requirements and context. This is not an attempt to define an overall view of M-Zone's concepts, but aims to provide a concise feel of the direction in which the research, as represented by this initial set of white papers, is progressing. It should not therefore be interpreted as definitive or prescriptive, but as an aid to an understanding of the project's overall requirements and context and to assist individual researchers within the project in identifying further potential synergies.
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